One poignant rescue after the earthquake is quickly going viral. Digging through the remnants of one collapsed building on Tuesday, emergency crews happened upon a dog who'd been trapped beneath the debris — confused and frightened, but miraculously still alive.

Footage shows the pup carefully lifted out of the ruins, tenderly being pet by those who had just saved her. And as she's revealed to the crowd of volunteers below, appearing to have survived without obvious injury, they burst into applause.

The status of the dog's family is unclear, but her survival in that moment clearly bolstered hopes that they, and others trapped throughout the city, too would be found alive.

Elsewhere, other scenes of solidarity have been carrying out as strangers come to the aid of pets displaced by the earthquake. A forum has been established on Twitter for people whose pets are missing, and for those who've taken in lost pets for safekeeping.